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Arab campaigns of Ashurbanipal
The Arab campaigns of Ashurbanipal were wars fought by Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, against Arab tribal groups, chiefly the Qedarites and Nabatu, on the empire's desert frontier from 652 BC.
Arab Christians
Arab Christians are Arabic-speaking Christians of the Arab world, present since pre-Islamic tribes such as the Ghassanids, organized in Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant churches, active in Arab nationalism, and declining through emigration.
Arab citizens of Israel
Arab citizens of Israel, also called Israeli Arabs, are Palestinian Arabs holding Israeli citizenship, mostly descendants of those who remained after the 1948 war, and the country's largest minority.
Arab Club (Jerusalem)
The Arab Club (النادي العربي, al-Nadi al-Arabi) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist club founded in Jerusalem in 1918, led by Hajj Amin al-Husseini and opposed to Zionism.
Arab Club Champions Cup
Arab Club Champions Cup (كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال), UAFA's inter-club tournament for Arab-world clubs since 1982, held under 9 names; Al-Nassr are reigning champions after the 2023 King Salman Club Cup, with a return set for 2027.
Arab Cold War
The Arab Cold War was the 1950s-1960s inter-Arab rivalry, also called the New Arab Cold War in later scholarship, pitting Nasser's Egypt and radical republics against Saudi-led conservative monarchies, fought through propaganda, coups, and the 1962-1970 Yemeni civil war.
Arab conquest of Egypt
The Arab conquest of Egypt was the military takeover of Byzantine Egypt by Rashidun forces led by 'Amr ibn al-'As between 639 and 642, ending Roman rule.
Arab conquest of the Caucasus
The Arab conquest of the Caucasus was the 7th- and 8th-century expansion of the Caliphate into Transcaucasia, first reaching Armenia in 640 and contested with the Khazars in the north.
Arab cuisine
Arab cuisine (المطبخ العربي) is the cooking of the Arabic-speaking world from the Maghreb to the Gulf. Key facts: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's 10th-century Kitab al-Tabikh with 600+ Abbasid recipes, regional dishes like kabsa and saltah, and influence on European cooking.
Arab culture
Arab culture (الثقافة العربية) is the language-based cultural tradition of the Arab peoples across 22 states from Morocco to Oman, over 400 million people, mostly Muslim but under a fifth of world Muslims, marked by Arabic diglossia, collectivist values, and modern liberalizing value change.
Arab diaspora
The Arab diaspora comprises people of Arab origin outside the Middle East and North Africa, formed by the mahjar migration of 1860-1930 to Brazil, Argentina, and the United States, later conflict-driven displacement such as Syria's 6.8 million refugees, and modern MENA identity debates in US census classification.
Arab fascism (الفاشية العربية)
Arab fascism (الفاشية العربية) denotes interwar Arab nationalist movements inspired by European fascism, chiefly the SSNP, al-Kata'ib, Young Egypt, and Iraq's Al-Muthanna Club current, and the contested historiography over how far fascism influenced Arab politics.
Arab Federation (الاتحاد العربي الهاشمي)
The Arab Federation (الاتحاد العربي الهاشمي), renamed Arab Union in March 1958, was the Hashemite confederation of Iraq and Jordan proclaimed 14 February 1958 against the UAR and dissolved by the 14 July 1958 Qasim coup.
Arab Gas Pipeline
The Arab Gas Pipeline (خط الغاز العربي) is a natural gas pipeline that carries Egyptian gas from El Arish in the Sinai Peninsula through Jordan to Syria.
Arab Heavy (crude oil)
Arab Heavy is a high-sulfur, low-gravity crude oil produced by Saudi Aramco from the Safaniya field, the heaviest and cheapest of the five Arabian grades.
Arab Higher Committee
The Arab Higher Committee (اللجنة العربية العليا) was the principal Palestinian Arab political body, formed in Jerusalem in 1936 and headed by Mufti Amin al-Husayni.
Arab Journalism Award
The Arab Journalism Award is an annual journalism prize for the Arab world, established in 1999 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and administered by the Dubai Press Club.
Arab Kingdom of Syria (المملكة العربية السورية)
Arab Kingdom of Syria (المملكة العربية السورية), also called Faisal's Syrian kingdom: unrecognized Hashemite monarchy proclaimed in Damascus 8 March 1920 under King Faisal I, ended by French victory at Maysalun 24 July 1920.
Arab League
The Arab League, formally the League of Arab States (جامعة الدول العربية), is a regional organization of twenty-two Arab states founded in Cairo in 1945.
Arab League boycott of Israel
Arab League boycott of Israel: state-administered primary, secondary, and tertiary boycott run from 1945 via the Damascus Central Boycott Office; largely unenforced since the 1994 GCC decision and superseded by normalization accords.
Arab League summit
An Arab League summit is a meeting of the League of Arab States' Council at summit level; 50 summits, 34 regular and 16 emergency, have been held since 1945.
Arab Liberation Flag
Arab Liberation Flag: the red-white-black horizontal tricolor introduced by Egypt's 1952 revolution, distinct from the 1916 Arab Revolt flag, later adopted with star, eagle, and triangle variants by Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, and Libya.
Arab Maghreb Union
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) is a five-member regional organization for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, founded in 1989 and largely inactive since 1994.
Arab migration into Nubia
Arab migration into Nubia was the centuries-long movement of Arabic-speaking tribes from Egypt and Arabia into the Christian Nubian kingdoms, beginning after the Muslim conquest of Egypt.
Arab Monetary Fund
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) is a regional Arab financial institution, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, that lends to its 22 member states.
Arab Music Festival
The Arab Music Festival, also called the Cairo Arab Music Festival (مهرجان الموسيقى العربية), is an annual Arab music festival in Cairo, Egypt, first staged in 1992.
Arab Music Institute
The Arab Music Institute is a Cairo state institution for teaching and preserving Arab music, founded in 1914 and housed at Ramses Square since 1929.
Arab National Bank
Arab National Bank (Arabic: البنك العربي الوطني) is a Saudi commercial bank headquartered in Riyadh, created in 1979 to take over Arab Bank's Saudi operations.
Arab nationalism
Arab nationalism (al-qawmiyya al-'arabiyya), ideology that Arabs form one nation bound by language and history; peaked under Nasser and the Ba'th, then declined against nation-state nationalism and Islamism.
Arab Peace Initiative (مبادرة السلام العربية)
Arab Peace Initiative (مبادرة السلام العربية), also called the Saudi Initiative: a 2002 Arab League peace plan proposed by Crown Prince Abdullah, offering Israel full normalization in exchange for 1967 withdrawal, a Palestinian state, and a refugee solution.